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Trade Finance Resources

International Journals on Trade Finance 

Trade Finance Resources

Export Finance Matchmaker/ITA/U.S. Department of Commerce

The Export Finance Matchmaker (EFM) program uses the Internet to match U.S. exporters with sources of export financing or risk mitigation. Information collected from the exporter is matched with corresponding offering of the export finance/risk mitigation firms. This program supports a variety of export financing products, including pre-export working capital, direct loans to foreign buyers, forfeiting, export factoring, documentary products, export credit insurance, and other financial services. 

Export-Import Bank

Known as the Eximbank, this institution is a federal government agency that provides a variety of export finance assistance, including export credit insurance, pre-export financing through working capital guaranteed loans to exporters, and medium- and long-term loans and guarantees to overseas buyers. 

Small Business Administration

The SBA finances the short-term and cyclical working-capital needs of small businesses and administers business loan programs to help qualified small businesses obtain financing. The SBA's loan guaranty programs provide a key source of financing for viable small businesses that have real potential, but cannot qualify for loans from traditional sources. SBA guaranties, provided through private lenders and nonprofit lending institutions, give small business owners access to the same kinds of reasonably priced, long-term financing available to large businesses by virtue of their size and economic clout. Financing programs provided by SBA vary according to a borrower's financial needs.